Strážka
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Plzeňský kraj
District (town):
Plzeň-sever
Village:
Plešnice
Cadastre:
Plešnice
Map sheets:
11-44 Nýřany, 11-444 Nýřany
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
2069
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Barrandian, Proterozoic and Palaeozoic. Abandoned shelf quarry with rhyolite stock of unknown age (possibly Early Palaeozoic). This rock is massive, with quartz and feldspar phenocrysts, and intensively fractured. Its body is partly deliminated by faults.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien
Stratigraphy:
Proterozoic
Subject:
petrology, geomorphology
Geological phenomenon:
characteristic rock
Genesis:
magmatic, tectonic
Rock:
rhyolite, phyllite
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Part of national geopark:
Barrandien
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Stárková M. a kolektiv autorů, 2002: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR v měřítku 1 : 25 000 list 11444 Nýřany.- Česká geologická služba.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Jan Mašek, 28.04.2004, Marcela Stárková, 28.04.2004
Updated by:
Vajskebrová Markéta, 17.06.2021
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2069 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/2069.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
minor
Educational assesment:
minor
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
Locality conditions:
no problems
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